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i saw it and i agree...it was WAY fiddly and seemed to be answering questions that no one was ASKING, if you know what i mean. saw the "new" Halcyon 65lbs Wings which looked nice and well made. i also liked the Northern Dry Suits....anyone else have any experience /opinions about these? seemed well made , full 'featured' and a good deal ($1350 for a custom fitted trilaminate suit) At 9:41 AM -0500 3/24/98, Paltz, Art wrote: > Went to Beneath the Sea this weekend and figured I'd give a short > report. Lots of dive travel so that basically sucked. Saw lots of > friends so that was cool since it was raining and sleeting so there was > no diving to be had. Stopped by the Brownie's booth and was trying to > convert people to Hogarth rigging. I think I saw the light bulb go on > in a couple of heads. > > The highlight for me was trying on the new DUI "tech" BC. What a crazy > set up. Way too cluttered with TONS of straps and snaps (all plastic > naturally). The pockets, although angled the correct way (forward), > were placed too far back. In addition there were two waist buckles you > had to use and chest one to boot. The first was for the harness and the > other for the pockets (lots of them). Big ones on the sides (which you > had to contort to get in) and small billow like (4x4 maybe) along the > belt. Weight was integrated naturally like every one seems to be doing > these days. > > All in all it gets two thumbs down on the "Art" scale. Way too much > money, you could easily make 2 Hog. configurations for the same amount > of money (wings included). I say highlight since it justifies all the > time and research I put in when building my setup. > > Sorry to bash as I usually don't do that (at least not in public) but I > know people have asked about the setup. Anybody else try it on and > agree/disagree? -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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